Public bug reported: On Ubuntu 16.04, I followed instruction to install KDE Plasma via the Backports PPA. This didn't work out well. I have been in the process of removing that installation. The Unity greeter looks normal on launch, and will let me log in to Unity as usual.
However, when I try to select another desktop environment, that panel goes blank so that there's no place to log in. Selecting shutdown from the upper right panel doesn't work. I have to turn the laptop over and pull the battery to restart. A similar problem was reported as "Selecting other session in login screen doesn't do anything" for Ubuntu 12.04 at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/918072 . This suggests a workaround to .. > Edit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf (sudo gedit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf), > changing > greeter-session=unity-greeter > to > greeter-session=lightdm-gtk-greeter ... which does show the alternative desktop environments for login. I appreciate that Unity has been announced are stabilized in future Ubuntu releases. If unity-greeter will no longer be supported, what greeter will be used in future releases? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: lightdm 1.18.3-0ubuntu1.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-75.96-generic 4.4.59 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-75-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Apr 25 10:58:56 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-19 (1101 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417) LightdmConfig: [SeatDefaults] greeter-session=unity-greeter SourcePackage: lightdm UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-09-17 (220 days ago) ** Affects: lightdm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug gnome3-ppa third-party-packages xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1686130 Title: Unity greeter doesn't show other desktop environments, yet allows login to Unity Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: On Ubuntu 16.04, I followed instruction to install KDE Plasma via the Backports PPA. This didn't work out well. I have been in the process of removing that installation. The Unity greeter looks normal on launch, and will let me log in to Unity as usual. However, when I try to select another desktop environment, that panel goes blank so that there's no place to log in. Selecting shutdown from the upper right panel doesn't work. I have to turn the laptop over and pull the battery to restart. A similar problem was reported as "Selecting other session in login screen doesn't do anything" for Ubuntu 12.04 at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/918072 . This suggests a workaround to .. > Edit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf (sudo gedit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf), changing > greeter-session=unity-greeter > to > greeter-session=lightdm-gtk-greeter ... which does show the alternative desktop environments for login. I appreciate that Unity has been announced are stabilized in future Ubuntu releases. If unity-greeter will no longer be supported, what greeter will be used in future releases? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: lightdm 1.18.3-0ubuntu1.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-75.96-generic 4.4.59 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-75-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Apr 25 10:58:56 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-19 (1101 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417) LightdmConfig: [SeatDefaults] greeter-session=unity-greeter SourcePackage: lightdm UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-09-17 (220 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1686130/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
